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Portland Hills · Halifax

One of 379 areas · 2,179 parcels · Updated weekly

Median sale$624,150Registry · house · 24 mo
Registry sales13224 mo · arm’s-length
24-mo change+9%Registry · mix-controlled $/ft²
For sale now19MLS® · active + pending
Median days on market7 daysMLS® · 107 sold
Median assessment$579,000PVSC roll 2026

PVSC + MLS · Area aggregate

Rising, but more slowly than most of Nova Scotia.

Portland Hills's price per square foot rose 9% over two years — versus +13% across Nova Scotia, on 132 recent and 132 prior sales. This is an area-wide read, not a per-home estimate or a forecast.

A community within Halifax, on Nova Scotia's official governance map.

Active marketAs of October 2026 · 2021 census
$624,150typical house · 24mo
+9%price trend · 2yr
2,179homes
9,095residents

Sells in a median 7 days · 107 sold

Sells for a median 99% of original asking — 42% at or above ask · 107 sold

0% cut their price before selling · 108 sold

Market conditions among homes that sold over the last 24 months.

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OverviewPVSC + 2021 Census

Single-family homes here typically sold around $624,150 over the last 24 months — +9% on a mix-controlled price-per-square-foot basis over two years (Nova Scotia as a whole: +13%). Assessed values moved +37% over three years.

Condos here sold around $480,000 over the same period (17 sales), counted separately from houses.

As of the 2021 Census, about 9,095 people live here, with a median household income near $96,235. 69% of homes are owner-occupied and 53% are single-detached.

Roughly 5 homes were added in the last five years — about 0.2% of the stock.

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Recorded sales

Registry of deeds · ungated

Source: PVSC sales records — single-parcel transfers of $50,000 or more. Multi-parcel conveyances and nominal family transfers are excluded because they aren't market sales.

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The figures · three reads

PVSC ROLL · REGISTRY

Assessed $/ft² by era built

Pre-19602018+

Sale $/ft² by home type

DetachedSplit-level

Where recent sales landed

Under $300k$750k+

Price-per-square-foot trajectory PVSC · Sales

Median sale price per square foot in Portland Hills went from $269 in 2022 to $305 in 2026.20222023202420252026$305/ft²$269
Median sale price per square foot in Portland Hills went from $269 in 2022 to $305 in 2026.

Most recent sales landed between $460,500 and $879,000 (10th–90th percentile).

How Portland Hills compares to Nova Scotia PVSC + Census · vs NS

Typical house · 24mo$624,150vs NS $405,500
Price trend · 2yr+9%vs NS +13%
Assessed values · 3yr+37%vs NS +52%
Median year built1994vs NS 1979
Median household income$96,235vs NS $67,500
Owner-occupied69%vs NS 67%
Single-detached53%vs NS 64%
Median age50.2vs NS 47

The blue dot marks Portland Hills against the Nova Scotia tick; the province's own figure is given beside each rail. No position number is printed (DL-69 as applied, docs/16 §D.79).

Who lives here 2021 Census · apportioned

Population9,095
Median age50.2
Avg household size2.41
Median household income$96,235
Owner-occupied69%
Rented31%
Single-detached53% (NS 63.7%)
Built since 20163.3% (NS 5.2%)

Census figures are apportioned from 2021 dissemination areas to this boundary by parcel share — an honest approximation, not a direct count.

The three reads in full.

Every era, every home type, every price band. PVSC as of 2026-10-11.

About 5 new homes were built in Portland Hills over the last five years — roughly 0.2% of its homes. Counts detached, semi, townhouse and small multi-unit homes only — apartment and commercial development are tracked separately, so this is not a count of all new housing units.

Assessed value per ft², by era built

Pre-1960$314/ft² · 137 homes
1960–79$283/ft² · 467 homes
1980–99$270/ft² · 625 homes
2000–17$274/ft² · 930 homes
2018+$279/ft² · 20 homes

Recent sale price per ft², by home type

Detached$284/ft² · 1280 homes
Split-level$296/ft² · 688 homes

Where recent sales landed

20%55%23%
Under $300k · 2%$300–500k · 19.7%$500–750k · 54.9%$750k+ · 23.4%
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How to read this profile

An area profile for Portland Hills — how the area has moved, never a per-home estimate or a forecast. Market figures cover the last 24 months of arm's-length single-family sales (Property Valuation Services Corporation); the trend is on median price per square foot, which controls for which homes happened to sell. Where recent sales are too thin to be reliable, the typical-price figure is suppressed and the assessed-value movement is shown instead. New-build premiums hold home size constant. Demographics are from the 2021 Census of Canada, apportioned from dissemination areas to this boundary by parcel share.

Sources — PVSC (sales & assessment, Open Data & Information Government Licence – PVSC & Participating Municipalities) · Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (Statistics Canada Open Licence) · governance boundaries © Open Data Nova Scotia (Open Government Licence – Nova Scotia) · market data as of October 2026.

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